When Shao'an came over in the morning, Wang Manyin said that he was going to Houzitou Commune, and asked his mother-in-law to come over to accompany Orchid at night, and by the way, he could help cook or something.

This was also discussed yesterday.

My mother-in-law is still more than a month to give birth, and her body is getting heavier and heavier day by day. If he was alone at home at night, Wang Manyin was a little worried.

After that, he and Wang Yanqiang each rode a bicycle and galloped in the direction of Houzitou Commune.

This time he went into the mountains to hunt, and Wang Yanqiang was ready to bring a five-month-old earth dog to see the world.

Before the autumn harvest last year, his native dog finally gave birth to a few pups.

It is not clear whether it is a species of rhubarb, but Wang Yanqiang cherishes it very much, and deliberately selects a yellowed fur from it to stay.

For the sake of this pup, he did put a lot of thought into it.

When the Shibi Festival set up a dog-fighting team, Wang Yanqiang deliberately sent it to a relative's house to raise it. In the next few months, better food and drink were served.

Seeing that Wang Manyin raised pigs with earthworms, after he came to consult, he also cooked the earthworms and fed them to the pups.

In the words of Wang Yanqiang's mother-in-law, she has never been so attentive to serving herself during confinement.

The effect is still quite good...... In just five months, this puppy has grown to nearly fifty centimeters tall, and four of them are strong, and they can vaguely see a bit of rhubarb.

The two carried the dog in the same way as last year, tying a wattle basket directly to the back seat of the bicycle.

Thirty miles, it took about two and a half hours.

By the time they arrived at the location of Houzitou Commune, Lin Jun was already waiting on the side of the road with a few companions. The taller is called Zhang Yonghua, and the thinner is Wang Hongtao.

For the other three, although Wang Manyin couldn't name them, he also recognized them as teammates who went into the mountains to catch thieves a few months ago.

Next to them, there were also three dogs.

Dogs, like wolves, have a strong sense of territory. Logically speaking, strange earth dogs will definitely have to fight when they meet. Only when the winner is decided and the position of the leader of the population is confirmed, can they coexist in peace.

Wang Manyin had seen dogs fight many times when he was a child...... Especially when the two waves of dogs got together, the scene was quite intense, and even the bite was bloody.

Of course, in the village of jars, such a thing cannot happen. Since Rhubarb came to his home, he has become the leader of the earth dogs in the village in a very short period of time through fighting.

In the past half a year, Wang Manyin has not seen any earth dog dare to challenge.

When they see rhubarb, they are obedient.

Especially those female kinds, they are even more diligent in their dedication, and they just hang around when they have nothing to do every day. So Rhubarb's days in Jar Village are quite chic.

Wang Manyin thought that when the dogs brought by Lin Jun met for the first time, they would have a fierce battle with Rhubarb.

At first, a few of the guys did bark wildly, but when Rhubarb rushed to him with a low roar, they immediately spread out with their tails between their legs, and quickly retreated backwards, and even their voices were much lower.

Rhubarb didn't care about the other earth dogs at all, just stared at the white-headed dog and chased after him, forcing the other party into a corner in the blink of an eye.

In the next second, the guy suddenly lay down with a low whimper, turned over and exposed his abdomen, clamped his tail tightly, his limbs were half-bent, and he didn't dare to move.

For this action, Wang Manyin has seen a lot of other dogs in the village, so he is naturally very familiar with it, and knows that it is a manifestation of the local dog's admittance.

The establishment of the hierarchy of the animal world is much simpler than that of humans, and there are not so many curves. As long as you're strong enough, your kind will happily surrender.

Rhubarb let out a low roar and got up and walked away.

A few earth dogs obediently followed, wagging their tails vigorously, looking particularly docile.

Seeing this, a group of people were amazed.

Officer Lin was very helpless, and his face was a little unbearable. Because the white earth dog is fed by his family.

When he is fine, Lin Jun also likes to go into the mountains to hunt rabbits. This local dog also has a keen sense of smell, and has usually earned a lot of face for himself, and has also participated in the hunting of wild wolves.

It's just that it doesn't have special training and doesn't know how to search for people.

In addition, the last time he entered the mountain was too hurried, Lin Jun didn't have time to go home and take the dog. But in the bottom of his heart, he was still a little unconvinced and wanted to compete with Rhubarb.

He thought that even if his earth dog was defeated, he would fight for a while.

Who knows that there is no comparison at all, and one will admit it when he looks at it.

Of course, Lin Jun didn't take this kind of trivial matter to heart, and after a few words of greeting, he said again: "You guys rest first, and then we will go into the ......mountain after eating at noon."

Although he was in a hurry to hunt the leopard, he had just ridden thirty miles, and he was embarrassed to set off again, planning to have a meal at the commune restaurant at noon.

Wang Yanqiang responded loudly: "Officer Lin, is there any news about the leopard now?" ”

"Yes, just before you came, we just got the news. Yesterday afternoon, a member of the derrick mountain village went into the mountains to cut wattles, met the leopard face to face, and saw it running in the direction of Haojiagou with his own eyes. ”

"Then what are you waiting for, let's go into the mountain early. Don't eat lunch at the commune, just bring some food. Wang Yanqiang opened his mouth in a hurry, then turned his head and asked, "Manyin, what's the matter?" ”

"Okay," Wang Manyin nodded in agreement.

He also likes to be vigorous and resolute in doing things, and he beat the money leopard early.

After everyone agreed on their opinions, Lin Jun immediately asked people to go to the restaurant to buy some oil buns, plus a large bag of corn nests, and even put some salt in a cloth bag.

Several villages in the mountains are too poor, and many families lack food. When the spring and yellow are not connected, I am afraid that it will be interrupted long ago, so it is better for them to bring some stability by themselves.

In this way, eight people with guns and food on their backs walked towards the mountains.

Wang Manyin was no exception, holding a rifle in his hand, and his sense of security immediately soared. One of them is a mountain man, and he is quite familiar with the sheep intestine trail, so he has to find a guide.

Because the approximate location of the leopard was determined, everyone took a shortcut directly under the guidance of the guide.

After climbing over several mountain beams one after another, the barren grass and shrubs in the cliff ditch began to thicken.

The Houzitou Commune and the Shibijie Commune are only 30 miles apart, but there are still some differences in the topography. First of all, the mountain was washed by the rain even more severely, almost all of them were steep ridges, and large areas of stones were exposed at the bottom of the ditch, and there was still snow in many places.

In such an environment, crops cannot be grown, but shrubs and grasses are relatively lush. Wang Manyin stood on a big stone and looked at it a few times, but did not find any big trees.

Even if it had grown before, it was probably cut down.

Soon, several dogs were smelling hares in the dead grass.

As they drove away, an earthy brown creature sprang out and jumped into the distance.

Without waiting for the master's order, several earth dogs chased out under the leadership of Rhubarb. However, the rocks in this ravine are undulating, and the bushes block them, so they can't increase their speed at all.

When Wang Yanqiang and others saw their prey, they immediately raised their guns.

Just for fear of hurting the dogs, they didn't dare to shoot, so they could only watch the hare disappear. Seeing that Rhubarb was going to continue to chase, Wang Manyin shouted to stop.

For the orders of the master, this guy faithfully carried out.

The remaining dogs ran a few more steps forward, and then they all stopped, turned their heads and let out a low growl, as if asking the new leader what to do. Dogs can also communicate information with each other through sound.

"Officer Lin, I have a proposal. After bombarding the prey again, we are optimistic about our respective earth dogs, and we can't let them continue to pursue, we should shoot them with guns! Wang Manyin said.

According to his experience, there should be no shortage of prey in a cliff ravine like this with lush vegetation.

"Well, that's how it should be." Lin Jun nodded in agreement.

If he had done so, the hare would not have escaped.

As expected, they walked forward two or three hundred meters away, and another hare was blasted up.

Before Rhubarb could start the pursuit, he had already been shouted.

The rest of the dogs barked wildly and stopped as well.

The next moment, several people opened fire one after another.

There was a gunshot in the ravine, and dust splashed around the hare, and then it rolled to the ground and fell silently.

When someone stepped forward to pick it up, Wang Manyin found that there were two holes left in the rabbit skin. I don't know which two people hit just now, but it's not me anyway.

The sharpshooters are all fed with bullets, and today is Wang Manyin's second shot, so naturally he can't talk about accuracy. Not to mention hitting a running hare forty or fifty meters away, even if you hit a fixed target.

There is this hare as a base, and the meat dish is properly added at noon.

Next, when several people hurried, they still continued to harvest.

Many cliffs and ravines are lush with vegetation and wild animals.

In just two hours, they shot three hares and a pheasant.

Seeing that it was noon, several people were not in a hurry to feel their destination, but randomly found a cliff ditch and lit a fire to roast a hare. Paired with oil buns, they eat deliciously.

Once you've filled your stomach, continue on your way.

Wolf's back mountain, wolf's nest and ditch...... Just from the introduction of this place name by the team members, you can know that there were many wild wolves in the past.

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, they finally arrived at Haojiagou Village.

This village is no different from other villages on the Loess Plateau, relying on the cliff wall to cut out a hole in the gray cave. Although there were a lot of stones in the cliff ditch, Wang Manyin did not see a few hoop stone kilns.

When they appeared in the village, they immediately caused quite a stir, and almost all of them ran out to see the strangeness.

These people were also dressed in tattered clothes, not much different from the sufferers of the Stone Festival, except that their faces were more dusty. When he saw the walking posture of some people clearly, Wang Manyin was really sad.

It can be seen that many members of Haojiagou Village should suffer from major bone disease and their limbs are seriously deformed. Some people are about forty or fifty years old, and they have begun to use crutches and walk writhingly.

Great bone disease, also known as willow abduction disease, is one of the stubborn diseases of the Loess Plateau in this era.

The disease is said to be related to the living environment and selenium deficiency, and there are no obvious symptoms in the early stages. As the disease progresses, patients will experience symptoms such as weakness in the limbs and joint soreness. Eventually, the bones are deformed and the labor force is completely lost.

There are also people in the Shibijie Commune who suffer from big bone disease, but not as many as Haojiagou, Wang Manyin roughly counted, there were seven or eight people at the scene, one of whom was a child.

There are about twenty or thirty households in this village, and only one production team is divided, which is under the jurisdiction of the Derrick Mountain Brigade.

After listening to Officer Lin's explanation, the production team leader seemed very happy, and even said that they came at the right time, and another sheep was taken away in the village last night.

When the people heard this, they immediately came to their senses.

Led by the captain of the production team, they took the earth dog straight to the breeding room.

After the rhubarb sniffed, he immediately shouted at the owner twice, turned around and ran briskly towards the back of the village.

The remaining earth dogs followed.

The group followed them to the outside of the village with their guns and soon found a series of paw prints on the snow.

"It's the size of a teacup, it should be the footprints left by the leopard, let's follow closely, maybe it's ...... in front" Zhang Yonghua stretched out his hand and gestured a few times on the footprints, and said with excitement and nervousness.

"Why do I feel no different from wolf paw prints? What do you think? Lin Jun leaned over and looked at it twice, and asked out loud with some confusion.

He has taken people into the mountains to hunt wolves many times, and he is familiar with the footprints of wild wolves. I always feel that what I see in front of me is no different from what I used to see.

Wang Manyin squatted and looked at it for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It should have been left by the wolf, and it looks very similar to what Rhubarb stepped on." ”

He had never been in contact with the leopard, so he didn't know what his footprints looked like. But these left on the snow in front of you obviously belong to the canine family.

"Whether it is a leopard or not, we must follow and kill them, and we must no longer let them endanger the safety of the members and the collective property!" After Officer Lin got up, he made a final decision.

Others are equally okay with this.

Although they plan to go into the mountains to hunt the leopard this time, they will also be eliminated when they encounter wild wolves.

The group continued to follow the dog, and after a short time, they found blood stains and fragments of sheepskin in the grass, as well as fresh feces next to it.

At this point, everyone confirmed that it was a wild wolf.

As for the leopard, it may not have passed through Haojiagou Village, but detoured to other places halfway.

After a careful inspection, Lin Jun said with certainty: "The blood stains and bones are very fresh, it should be the sheep that was stolen last night." I don't know if the wolf is in the ditch, we can't continue to move forward, we should block the two ends first. ”

Wang Manyin is used to this.

Due to the topography, most of the wild animals of the Loess Plateau inhabit the cliffs and ravines.

This time they have enough manpower, and they have a few more dogs, and their combat effectiveness can be described as very strong. Officer Lin still arranged according to the formation last time, in addition to arranging people to block the exit on the other side, leaving two teams to guard the mountain beams on both sides.

They are condescending, have a very wide field of vision, and can shoot at any time when they see their prey.

As for Wang Manyin and Wang Yanqiang, they are tasked with driving away wild wolves.

After the smoke lit up on the opposite side, they followed the two dogs slowly forward.

Walking less than 300 meters away, they saw Rhubarb send a signal, and the two reacted immediately.

Soon, an earthy brown figure appeared forty or fifty meters ahead.

Not one, but two!

Wang Yanqiang did not hesitate, immediately raised his gun and shot, and hit with one shot.

Then he saw a wild wolf leap and fall into the dead grass.

Wang Manyin reacted a little slowly, and shot at an interval of about a second.

At such a close distance, although he didn't shoot, he was better than before. Judging from the place where the dust was splashed, the drop point should not be too far from the target.

When the remaining wolf saw the death of his companion, he did not stop, but roared, turned around and fled into the distance.

"Zhang Yonghua, there are two wolves. We've killed one head, and another one has fled, so be careful not to let it run away!! Immediately, Wang Yanqiang rushed to the top of the cliff and shouted to remind.